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Date Sent: 2012-02-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, February 22, 2012 AM edition |
Fed’s push on housing crosses a line, critics say -- FHFA releases plan for Freddie, Fannie exit
Did Hitler Have a Secret Son? -- New York May Ban Shark Fin Sales, Following Other States -- French Police Detain Strauss-Kahn for Questioning --
Bike laws don't apply to cop cars -- Santorum says killing Americans
good, but killing Iranians is wonderful -- Silver and Opium -- Ron Paul Arizona Event Poster -- D.C. Council chairman cracks down on #@&#%!!! -- Nato apologizes for Afghan Koran 'burning' -- Obama Super PAC Leans on Chicago Machine -- Iran threatens pre-emptive action amid nuclear tensions -- SANTORUM'S SATAN WARNING -- Stocks Rise, Led by Materials; Dow Hits 13,000
AZ: Today, Wednesday, Feb 22 – ARIZONA
REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6 pm, Mesa Arts Center AND Debate/Concert/Party
- Ron Paul will Attend!
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed’s push on housing crosses a line, critics say
02-21-2012
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Washington Post
Senior Federal Reserve officials are injecting themselves into a noisy debate over how to solve the housing crisis, drawing criticism from some lawmakers who say the Fed has no business straying from its traditional role as the U.S. central bank.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
FHFA releases plan for Freddie, Fannie exit
02-21-2012
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Washington Post
A federal housing regulator on Tuesday released a plan for beginning to scale back mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac " just as the Obama administration is pressing the taxpayer-backed companies to do more to help homeowners.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • History
Did Hitler Have a Secret Son?
02-21-2012
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ABC News
Until his death in 1985, Jean-Marie Loret believed that he was the only son of Adolf Hitler. There is now renewed attention to evidence from France and Germany that apparently lends some credence to his claim.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
New York May Ban Shark Fin Sales, Following Other States
02-21-2012
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New York Times
Large glass bottles of desiccated shark fins grace the upper shelves of nearly every convenience store and grocery in Chinatown, bearing price tags " from $100 to more than $500 per pound " that reflect the market value of a delicacy that has been se
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Koran Burning in NATO Error Incites Afghans
02-21-2012
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New York Times
Word that NATO personnel had burned an undisclosed number of Korans and were preparing to dispose of many more by incineration set off an angry protest. NATO officials rushed to apologize publicly and profusely, trying to head off what they feared co
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
French Police Detain Strauss-Kahn for Questioning
02-21-2012
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New York Times
The financial power broker whose political career was ruined last year after he was accused of attempted rape in New York, was held overnight for a second day of questioning by police officials in an investigation into a prostitution ring accused of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Bike laws don't apply to cop cars
02-21-2012
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Philadelphia Inquirer
But cyclists have complained recently about cars parking in these safe havens. That usually costs the driver a ticket, but what happens when police cruisers and other city vehicles are the ones occupying the bike lane, as is the case near the Crimina
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Santorum says killing Americans good, but killing Iranians is wonderful
01-12-2012
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GotRepublic on YouTube
Santorum added that, "I think we should send a very clear message that if you are a scientist from Russia, North Korea, or from Iran and you are going to work on a nuclear program to develop a bomb for Iran, you are not safe."
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Ryan Gauger
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News Link • History
Silver and Opium
02-20-2011
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Professor Antal E. Fekete
The opium wars do not belong to the glorious episodes of Western history. Rather, they were instances of shameful behavior the West still has not lived down. Mercantilist governments resented the perpetual drain of silver from West to East in payment
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Ryan Gauger
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Spider Goats, Bullet-proof Skin, Meat from a Petri Dish and Transhumanism " Oh My!
02-21-2012
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Farm Wars
What do all of these things have in common? How about the obscenely rich profiting off of the masses with their experiments in engineering humanity?
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Science
Stem cell meat to eliminate world hunger
02-21-2012
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Terrence Aym
Someday"maybe sooner than you think"your big, juicy burger may not come from livestock, but a 3D printer. At least that's what environmental and bio-scientists see ahead in food technology.
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Activism
Ron Paul: 1,000 Yard Signs
02-21-2012
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YouTube.com
We used 1,000 Ron Paul signs to make this video possible. had a lot of fun making this. Come talk to us on facebook- http://www.facebook.com/Sketchempire
Over 80 more videos here - http://www.youtube.com/romanatwood
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
D.C. Council chairman cracks down on #@&#%!!!
02-21-2012
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www.washingtonexaminer.com
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown is cracking down on his colleagues using profanity when conducting the business of the council.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
Nato apologises for Afghan Koran 'burning'
02-21-2012
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www.bbc.co.uk
The Nato commander in Afghanistan has apologised over reports foreign troops may have burnt copies of the Koran.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Carney: Obama Didn't Turn Down The Keystone Pipeline
02-21-2012
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www.realclearpolitics.com
White House press secretary Jay Carney first says Republicans "forced" President Obama to deny the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. Later in his press briefing, Carney says Obama didn't turn down the pipeline.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Iran threatens pre-emptive action amid nuclear tensions
02-21-2012
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www.msnbc.com
Iran would take pre-emptive action against its enemies if it felt its national interests were endangered, the deputy head of the Islamic Republic's armed forces was quoted by a semi-official news agency as saying Tuesday.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Day of Reckoning
SANTORUM'S SATAN WARNING
02-21-2012
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Drudge
"Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition."
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stocks Rise, Led by Materials; Dow Hits 13,000
02-21-2012
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www.cnbc.com
Stocks gained Tuesday, with the Dow briefly breaking above the psychologically-important 13,000 level for the first time in almost four years, led by gains in materials and as investors cheered the Greek deal.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government
Martial Law on Monday - by Michael Bradshaw
02-20-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
After the revolution against England, and a few years of wrangling among the several states (of which there were 13), a gang of statists that today would be called "fascists" (for their desire to have a strong government coupled with old-line busines
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
The Oft-told Lie - by Jim Davidson
02-20-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Who really runs things? Follow the money. The people who run things evidently get an enormous amount of profit from war industries and prison industries. So they make campaign contributions and pay lobbying fees and, frankly, let's not mince words, b
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Shooting suspect thought cop was criminal
02-20-2012
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On a day where almost everything went wrong, Atibi Thomas and Keith Roach were lucky about one thing when they met nearly two years ago: Roach wore his bulletproof vest. If Roach had removed the vest when he ended his shift as an Atlanta police offic
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eminent Domain
The Global Land Grab
02-20-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
In Vietnam, Peter Doan Van Vuon, a farmer who fought back when police came to confiscate his farm, is widely regarded as a hero. His neighbors have actually considered building a statue in his honor. In the United States, he would almost certainly be
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Constitution
ACLU Files On Behalf Of Gun Owner Abusively Arrested By Philadelphia Police
02-20-2012
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JONATHAN TURLEY
We previously discussed the abusive arrest of Mark Fiorino by Philadelphia police.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Kalashnikov 5: Brand-New AK-12 Rifle Unveiled
02-20-2012
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Russia Today
Kalashnikov have unveiled the latest incarnation of their iconic assault rifle, the AK-47. The company says new generation firearm called the AK-12 combines reliability with precision, and can be used with one hand.
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Robert Lee
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